10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «CUCHULAIN»
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Cuchulain in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to
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Cuchulain of Muirthemne: The Story of the Men of the Red ...
This is a pre-1923 historical reproduction that was curated for quality. Quality assurance was conducted on each of these books in an attempt to remove books with imperfections introduced by the digitization process.
Lady Gregory, William Butler Yeats, 2009
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Myths & Legends of the Celtic Race
weapons and caught them again and did many wonderful feats, playing with his
mighty weapons as a juggler plays with apples; and Cuchulain, watching him,
said to Laeg, his driver: “If I give ground to-day, do thou reproach and mock me
and ...
Thomas William Rolleston, 1934
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Cuchulain of Muirthemne: the Story of the Men of the Red ...
"I swear by the oath of my people," said Cuchulain,"you are not somuch inwant of
itas I amin want of it myself.Themen ofIreland areupon me,"he said, "and I am
upon them." "I willputa bad name on you if you refuse itto me," saidthe Druid.
4
Angela's Ashes: A Memoir
He lets Mikey read any book he likes and now Mikey is reading this book about
Cuchulain and talking as if he knows everything about him. I want to tell him I
knew all about Cuchulain when I was three going on four, that I saw Cuchulain in
...
5
Critical Companion to William Butler Yeats: A Literary ...
The comment is unsurprising; in Yeats's characteristic representation, both
Cuchulain and Parnell are types of the tragic hero whose passionate intensity
provokes the mistrust and resentment of lesser men (see “to a shade”). “
cuchulaiN's fight ...
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Gender and Modern Irish Drama
Cuchulain attributes the epithet to Conchubar's over-long dalliance "among the
spinning-wheels" (487) and the pleasures of wifely submission, deriding the
poverty of his conception of femininity and linking it to his investment in the ideal
of ...
Susan Cannon Harris, 2002
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Our Secret Discipline: Yeats and Lyric Form
cause he finds himself unable to choose between a meek Cuchulain-mask and a
powerful Tower-will. If "Cuchulain Comforted" is the poem of the hero Cuchulain's
anti-self as it assents to quiet, even feminized, group life, then "The Black ...
8
Cuchulain: The Hound of Ulster
This is a reproduction of a book published before 1923.
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Drama and the Postmodern
MacNamara's re-presentation of the mythic figure Cuchulain, a mythic icon that
Yeats was fascinated by in much of his early work and would return to time and
again throughout his life (by 1912 Cuchulain had been central to On Baile's
Strand ...
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Passionate Action: Yeats's Mastery of Drama
Having created so strong and eerie a bond between Cuchulain and his unknown
son, the playwright must invent the situation that credibly brings about their
offstage fight. Consequently, he expands the role of Conchubar and creates
dramatic ...
10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «CUCHULAIN»
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Cuchulain is used in the context of the following news items.
Shuffle: Madonna is stretching while Future Islands are relaxing
With lyrics adapted from WB Yeats's poem of the same name and a video shot at various locations around the city, The Death of Cuchulain is ... «Irish Times, Jun 15»
Cork native brings Irish storytelling to Penn-Mar Irish Festival
The children's show will focus on “hero tales” with some historical grounding, he says: the sagas, for instance, of Cuchulain and Fionn mac ... «LancasterOnline, Jun 15»
WATCH: Damien Dempsey performs iconic Yeats' poem, to …
The legend of Cuchulain was a major theme in Yeat's work throughout his literary career, featuring routinely in poems, plays and stories from ... «Irish Independent, Jun 15»
Bloomsday: What would Molly Bloom make of Joyce and 'Ulysses'?
He's the only one that understands it, a true Gaelic hound, a Cuchulain reincarnated! All those boyos in Kiernans – useless Saxons. Ireland is ... «Irish Times, Jun 15»
Why we still love WB Yeats after 150 years
... vehicle or backdrop for conveying complex feelings which are beyond easy verbal announcement (as in Cuchulain Comforted, for example). «Irish Times, Jun 15»
Spotlight Shines on No-Cost Kindle Offer For Thriller Novel Pulse …
In Pulse, Alex Cuchulain, aka Cooch – CIA's biggest bad guy -- has his team working full speed to save the middle east from armageddon. «Benzinga, Jun 15»
Denis Donoghue: Why WB Yeats matters
Conor Cruise O'Brien spoke well of the very late Cuchulain Comforted, and nearly everyone likes The Circus Animals' Desertion. Still, the ... «Irish Times, Jun 15»
Cavan: A hideaway in lovely drumlin country
... 19th-Century aristocrats to commune with nature, and a reputed campsite for no less a personage than Cuchulain himself. As the sun shone ... «Irish Independent, Jun 15»
Equal rights for women in ancient Ireland
Cuchulain travelled to the home of Scathach, a female teacher of the battle arts, who lived on an island off the coast of Alba (Scotland). «IrishCentral, Jun 15»
Proxopera by Benedict Kiely: 'the most humane literary response to …
... “Could Pearse in the post office have, by proxy, summoned Cuchulain to his side… could all that delirium of the brave not have died by proxy. «Irish Times, May 15»
